"Last week we went to the museum. A whole whale is hanging from the ceiling. Bigger than big! OK, have you seen a Volkswagon car that's like a bug? Um huh, you know what I'm talking about. That's how big the heart of a blue whale is. I know it's not possible, but if that heart was in me, could I love more?...I would like to."

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Source : Sapphire (1996). “Push: A Novel”, Vintage

Sapphire

#Heart Quotes #Museums Quotes #Blue Quotes

“We are defined by how we use our power.”
“No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.”

Source : Hugh Nibley, Don E. Norton, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (1994). “Brother Brigham challenges the Saints”, Deseret Book Co
“Deep down I'm a very shallow person.”
“For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating an upper chamber in the European parliament, a new bridge could be built between national political classes, which retain democratic legitimacy, and the decision-making process in Brussels. Such a Senate should be recruited by indirect election from exisiting national parliaments.”
“So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?”
“Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.”
“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

Source : IRC discussion with Gentry Lee at Sci Fi Channel, November 1, 1996.
“Sometimes, you don't have to win, you cannot win. but that has nothing to do with losing.”

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